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😊 With cheek hollows ⛳ With small dents
dimpled

dimpled

3.5
With small rounded dents on a surface
  • adjective
  • /ˈdɪmpəld/
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  • And even worse, I think, than the hanging chads were the dimpled chads.

Examples

  • The surface of the old tree was dimpled with small grooves and indentations.

  • The baby's cheeks were dimpled when she smiled, making her even more adorable.

  • He has a dimpled chin that gives him a charming appearance.

Synonyms

dimply
vsdimpled
4.4

Having small round dents on the skin or surface

is neutral and does not stress natural origin of the marks
dimpling
vsdimpled
4.7

Having small round dents on a surface, like cheeks or a golf ball

is a static description rather than an active showing

Compounds

dimpled chad
  • Archaic
3 9.9

A small piece of paper on a ballot pushed in with its corners still attached

How Indented

cratered
4.5
pitted
4.4
dimpled
3.5
smooth
256 1.0

Surface Forms

dimpled positive

Morphology

dimpled = dimple (transparent) = dimple + ed

Standard -ed adjective formed from the noun 'dimple', meaning 'having small indentations', which is directly inferable.

Etymology

Dimpled comes from the idea of a small hollow or 'dip' in a surface, so think of a golf ball with many tiny bowl-shaped marks. That's why a dimpled object has small rounded indentations.